Table.

Sample diagnostic time and statistical data (data with statistical significance are in bold).

	Categories	n	Sex (n)		Age (years)		Diagnostic time (months)		p-value
			Men	Women	Mean ± SD	Median	Mean ± SD	Median
Sample		192	107	85	54.35 ± 54.5	54	14.21 ± 16.87	10
Sex	Men	107	107	0	53.9 ± 11.04	54	14.04 ± 17.56	9
	Women	85	0	85	54.93 ± 13.63	55	14.42 ± 16.05	12	0.504
Bulbar presentation	Other presentations	159	90	69	53.73 ± 12.07	54	15.06 ± 18.17	10
	Bulbar presentation	33	17	16	57.36 ± 12.76	55	10.09 ± 6.83	8	0.252
Age 45 years old	Age > 45 years old	150	84	66	58.96 ± 8.77	56	15.04 ± 18.56	11
	Age < 45 years old	42	23	19	37.9 ± 7.92	41	11.24 ± 7.9	10	0.701
Age 55 years old	Age > 55 years old	84	44	40	64.52 ± 7.81	63	14.20 ± 17.75	12
	Age < 55 years old	108	63	45	46.44 ± 8.68	49	14.21 ± 16.24	10	0.596
Age between 65 - 75 years old	Other age groups	168	93	75	52.2 ± 11.5	53	13.31 ± 14.69	10
	Age between 65 - 75 years old	24	14	10	69.42 ± 3.34	69	20.5 ± 27.38	12	0.27
Higher education	Low education level	109	56	53	55.36 ± 12.81	55	17.14 ± 20.74	12
	Higher education	83	51	32	53.04 ± 11.36	54	10.36 ± 8.38	6	0.009
Low-income family	Don’t has low-income	103	64	39	55.29 ± 11.26	56	12.7 ± 17.21	8
	Has a low-income	89	43	46	53.27 ± 13.25	54	15.96 ± 16.39	12	0.042
Has spouse	No	55	15	40	52.15 ± 15.04	55	15.89 ± 19.07	12
	Yes	137	92	45	55.24 ± 10.84	54	13.53 ± 15.93	10	0.508
Partnership with associations	No	98	57	41	53.58 ± 10.94	53	14.63 ± 20.62	8
	Yes	94	50	44	55.15 ± 13.45	55	13.77 ± 11.86	12	0.178
Exchange of experiences	No	45	23	22	55.89 ± 11.98	55	11.13 ± 7.88	10
	Yes	147	84	63	53.88 ± 12.31	54	15.15 ± 18.7	10	0.536

SD: standard deviation.